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The Maze
Divide reality from illusion
Forwards is backwards
Separate belief from redemption
Success is failure
Where shadow crosses light
The ground meets my face
I'm surrounded by lies
The truth is too far away
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Hope is this-
...Virus
Faith is this-
Injustice...
Pain is this-
...Shameless
It's just another dead end / It's filled with emptiness
This is death's discontent / Resenting life's rhetorical existence
Fear is this-
...Shapeless
Chaos is this-
Feverish...
Peace is this-
...Blinded
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An infinite cycle mocks
Turn after turn
The timelessness cannot stop
As the same path is reborn
An unstable prisoner drowns
Lost inside my own encrypted mind
The way out can never be found
In this maze called “my life”
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Chasing Shadows of You...
Chasing Shadows of You...
No matter the years that pass me by,
It seems I am forever trapped.
For when it comes to deceiving myself,
I'm afraid I'm rather apt.
In the end the truth which I sought to avoid, is now knocking at my door...
A rabid rat that chews at me; one I can't ignore.
And though I might have grown this body, from the lonely years I've seen.
I'm afraid I can only chase the shadow, of my dearest Angeline.
- Chen Yuan Wen, 14th January 2012
Literature
What's Left Behind...
Some days I find myself staggering from this hovel;
To stand with shaking legs upon the window ledge.
I look down at the tiny world below, wind rushing before me;
And I wonder if I'll be able to fly tonight...
The caress of the wind, so gentle upon my skin.
One step, one leap and I'd dip myself into the eye of the storm.
But just before my courage sends me;
Just before I take the final plunge.
I find myself looking back, at the world I'd leave behind...
Stacks of paper and a pot of ink,
Reams of stories too precious to burn.
Ideas and fears both rolled into one;
And pages of poetry left undone...
It always leaves me smiling...
For these
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In The Moonlight
In The Moonlight
Your shimmering eyes reflect-
The layered inspiration that you represent
This bond can grow stronger-
If we allow our souls to become closer
Complexity is mandatory-
When reasons are held closely
Trust shouldn't be a double-edged sword-
If pure truth is rooted within our words
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I gaze at the universe
Mirrored deep within your eyes
Our surroundings disperse
As our stars collide
Unearthed a rebirth
Reversed countless sighs
A rift in time is immersed
As this memory continuously rewinds
Crossed paths / Fusing hopes
Another chance / Doubts revoked
Lies have no solid place
Within our hearts
But scars have their own space
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Relive the days
Recreate the nights
Of my shame
In my mind
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This poem was revised for the remix project, titled "Living My Life / Behind Hollowed Eyes" (The Darkness Never Dies remix edition)
In volume one: Shattered Secrets
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Recreate the nights
Of my shame
In my mind
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Stock image used -
by Check out and like my facebook artist page! ---> www.facebook.com/Eric.M.M.Walk...
_________________________________________
This poem was revised for the remix project, titled "Living My Life / Behind Hollowed Eyes" (The Darkness Never Dies remix edition)
In volume one: Shattered Secrets
_________________________________________
Check out my galleries below if you want to read more.
Watch me if you think that you might like my future work.
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactOverall it's pretty good. I found the way you changed fonts a bit disorienting, but yet so is a maze. I personally think that you should have changed the third "stanza" (by this I man the bolded section, not the individual revelations) into the same kind of stanza as the rest. I really liked the extended metaphor, but I think the ending fell a bit short. You kind of threw off the veil with the "my life" part at the end, which is why a gave you a relatively low originality score. The ending was rather cliche in my tastes, nothing I haven't seen before, though I quite liked the rest of it. The revelations were extremely insightful into how you view the world. Overall, a pretty good poem.